There were 519 inmates in December 2022, a 4.4 percent decrease from the month before.
Philadelphia County had the most inmates in December 2022 in all of Pennsylvania.
Incarceration rates in Pennsylvania have increased dramatically, imprisoning more than seven times the number of people in 2019 than in 1970.
Sentencing practices in Pennsylvania were found to have overwhelmingly impacted people of color.
Pennsylvania Counties with highest number of Inmates sentenced in December 2022
| Rank | County | Inmates sentenced |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Philadelphia | 8,656 |
| 2 | Allegheny | 2,404 |
| 3 | Dauphin | 1,491 |
| 4 | Lancaster | 1,437 |
| 5 | Delaware | 1,406 |
| 6 | Berks | 1,286 |
| 7 | Montgomery | 1,226 |
| 8 | York | 1,178 |
| 9 | Bucks | 1,032 |
| 10 | Lehigh | 978 |
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German• Ronco• Borough of Perryopolis• Lemont Furnace• Naomi• Borough of South Connellsville• Borough of Ohiopyle• Rowes Run• Smock• Wharton Township• Hopwood• Uniontown• South Uniontown• Borough of Masontown• Buffington• Borough of Markleysburg• Arnold City Cdp• Bullskin• Borough of Point Marion• Edenborn• East Uniontown• Borough of Brownsville• Fairhope• Borough of Vanderbilt• Grindstone• Fayette City• Hiller• Republic• Borough of Everson• Chalkhill• Borough of Dawson• Georges• Borough Of Fairchance• Borough Of Belle Vernon• Leith-Hatfield• South Union Township• Redstone• Borough Of Dunbar• Borough Of Newell• Bear Rocks• Star Junction
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